Explained | Judges’ demand for CJ’s resignation throws Supreme Court of Nepal into crisis

They accuse Chief Justice Rana of having secret understanding with ruling party Nepali Congress

The majority of the judges — 15 out of 20 — in the Supreme Court of Nepal have been accusing him of having secret understanding with the ruling party Nepali Congress which is led by Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba. The rebel judges have launched a strike bringing all work in the Supreme Court to a standstill. They have asked Chief Justice Rana to step down pointing at instances that his family is benefiting from the Government.

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Chief Justice Rana has been a crucial player in the political drama that began in Kathmandu with the dissolution of the Nepalese Parliament last December when Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli moved to centralise power around himself. The and urged the Government to convene Parliament within 13 days. The verdict showed that the court had emerged as an arbiter of power in Nepal’s polity where internal divisions within dominant parties like the Nepal Communist Party, the Nepali Congress and the CPN-UML have often paralysed the Government. The crisis has shown that the Supreme Court too can be paralysed just like the political structure.